Local Secret Service chief can't dodge Colombia scandal

Duty calls: Several months ago, local Secret Service head Robert Heyer, III agreed to address San Diego Rotary Club at its April 26 meeting. That was long before any scandal erupted over Secret Service agents consorting with Colombian ladies of questionable repute as they prepped for President Obama’s visit.

“I tried my best to get out of town today but it wasn’t possible,” Heyer confessed to the capacity lunch crowd. One benefit of the avalanche of negative publicity: “I’m suddenly getting more invitations to cocktail parties than I ever had before,” he says. Heyer’s only official comment was his agency continues to investigate the scandal and will hold those who erred accountable.